Unlikely Allies

[@Lesson333]

You can conquer Jolly's heart with a mod which includes a companion. Bonus points if the companion can solve puzzles too

[@FrostTurnip]

Most people's heart

[@nottelling6598]

Forget mods, you can carry Dog's ball around and it'll attack enemies for you. It's pretty funny watching an invisible _(the model unloads)_ roller-mine casually, but slowly, destroy the entirety of Ravenholm.

[@thatguywiththekobolds563]

That implies Jolly can solve puzzles

[@fgp0032]

Only the hard puzzles mind you, the brute force puzzles are for Jolly

[@leduc6919]

@@nottelling6598 wait I have to try that out

[@spookylight3249]

Jolly finally found his perfect companion - a person who can solve puzzles for him

[@Jeongkookkim]

A dog maybe

[@denifnaf5874]

He befrended a headcrab.

[@deadlybunz]

Person? you mean alien dog thing

[@KiraSlith]

A match made in heaven. :rofl:

[@BlackSunCompany]

- Only needs you for opposable thumbs - Frequently solves problems with violence - Constantly patronizing I'm pretty sure that Hunter is a cat rather than a dog.

[@Chonkems]

My cat took offense to this and left the room. Now's my chance, she's not here, I have to run.

[@Drago-957]

@@Chonkemsyou know it’s pointless

[@tortillatime401]

If you can’t brute force something, you’re not using enough force.

[@KikinCh1kin]

Everything looks liek a nail if you have a big enough hammer.

[@Wojtek_Ch]

When you poo-poo you pee-pee, but when you pee-pee no poo-poo.

[@theothertonydutch]

@@KikinCh1kin Everything fits with a a hammer.

[@NyanSten]

If it doesn't work, force it. If it breaks. it needed replacing anyway.

[@jeanmarc6517]

@@NyanSten exactly what I said when I was being judged for sexual agression, though it didnt seemed to work :/

[@SuperCityscan]

Hunters are oddly cute when they don't try to kill you

[@liquidbismuth1044]

Probably because of how similar they are to Dog when you think about it.

[@fire_drake12.arc.24]

They really are, i think the flying thing is cute too. A little reprogrammed manhack companion would also be adorable; how it would help you; i have no idea. Maybe it could help you make a salad?

[@wilsonwilson3674]

In Entropy Zero: 2, you have a hunter following you around and it sometimes pants like a dog when you approach it.

[@onegalaxyboi]

@@wilsonwilson3674 i'm a bit late to this but you can pet them as well

[@justavivi3386]

Jolly found himself a guiding dog.

[@rogerphone481]

Jolly IS a guiding dog.

[@sarahkatherine8458]

Jolly found himself *to be* a guiding dog.

[@andyfriederichsen]

In case anyone is wondering, yes hunters can instantly kill antlion guards with their charging attack. HOWEVER, antlion guards can also instantly kill hunters with their charging attack as well.

[@genericuser984]

thats pretty cool

[@HentiVentai]

So its a 50/50 chance on who gets to charge first then

[@smallcheesebread6531]

I love half-life life 2

[@botondzoltannagy8849]

What if they charge into each other?

[@crusaderthestranger5982]

@@botondzoltannagy8849 probably would cause the game engine to implode on itself.

[@solarmetroid]

I'd love to see an expanded mod like this. Slowly turn the combine against itself until you're running around with hunters, dropships, gunships, and even maybe a strider or two. Just have a whole ass army of synths burning down the combine empire!

[@cleanerben9636]

Why would you commit such horrid actions against the universal union?

[@Muster_Muckee_II]

@@cleanerben9636 "I love showing others the irony taste of ones own medicine."

[@SpringDavid]

@@cleanerben9636 they took my little choo choo

[@midoritranslationchannel]

Literally Pokemon

[@nonya1366]

@@cleanerben9636 They once- I'm sorry it's just. Very emotional. They once. Made me pick up a singular can. I can never forgive them.

[@rishoh]

First you make friends with a headcrab, now a hunter and a combine gunship, Has Jolly become the Beast Master of the half life universe?

[@AlbertoDsign]

I don't remember about the headcrab...

[@rlocks7253]

@@AlbertoDsign The headcrab was in the previous video, this one in specific. kzbin.info/www/bejne/e2OVpoNpbtKUipY

[@rishoh]

@@AlbertoDsign kzbin.info/www/bejne/e2OVpoNpbtKUipY

[@AlbertoDsign]

@@rlocks7253 Thanks! I had missed that video!

[@rlocks7253]

@@AlbertoDsign I'm glad to of been able to help out!

[@j.t.1280]

I love how quickly it goes from a cute friendship to Jolly getting exceedingly frustrated that he's completely useless

[@ironicugandan5826]

Someone should make a mod where you have a companion that's just Jolly.... And their voice is clips taken from his history.

[@smallcheesebread6531]

That would be pretty dope

[@natalie6811]

Don’t forget to make it so they never solve puzzles unless it’s through brute force.

[@everythingsalright1121]

this needs to happen, jolly getting frustrated at himself...or loving his companion self because he loves companions?

[@tony-sp9dv]

Better yet just get jolly to voice his own mod and have some colorful commentary added to this old title. He does die in one hit though soooo once jolly gets his own mod it’ll be a rage game as well much like the hardcore jolly mod only with a jolly follower that you can’t let die. Whatcha think ey?

[@ironicugandan5826]

@@tony-sp9dv both? Have him supply voice lines but then throw in a few surprises. Maybe some of his most embarrassing quotes

[@ArtekGeneral]

This reminds me that HL Hunters are such an amazing and iconic enemy design and everyone is sleeping on it. A horrifying 2 meters tall mass of raw synthetic muscles, claws, an explosive dartgun. A terrifyingly efficient balance of speed and firepower. I wish HL2:EP2 wasn't the only official game in existence that had them.

[@DrSabot-A]

It's just so outright alien but still captures the synthetic feel of the Combine. The way they first introduced the Hunter was top tier presentation aswell

[@jessegauthier6985]

Hunters are one of my fav designs I'm videogaming. Funnily enough, so are Halo Hunters.

[@fire_drake12.arc.24]

I thought the creatures are modified like cyborgs from worlds the combine conquered what i understand, are they actually entirely fabricated?

[@shiftypenguin472]

they are a synthetic copy of an existing creature. Striders are synthetic weaponized copies of an existing creature made using scanned data. Hunters could be either a synthetic copy of a different creature or even just a differently modified copy of the creature the strider is made from since they are similar. So in short they aren't cyborgs but synthetic clones of an organism that then were made into war machines.

[@ArtekGeneral]

@@fire_drake12.arc.24 Apparently one of older devs confirmed in one interview or another in recent years that these units are fabricated, and are simply based on designs of creatures The Combine encountered. Honestly, not my favorite retcon. I liked the idea of combine machinery being heavily augmented animals from alien worlds, but on the other hand its hard to explain why Strider's carapace deflects bullets and makes metalic impact sounds while doing it. So while it is a lamer explanation - it is the more consistent one.

[@augustussantos]

Hunter holding Jolly: I just think he is neat

[@MasterTankChief]

"The solution to all problems CAN'T be just shoot it!" Jolly, have you never ACTUALLY played half life?

[@rogerphone481]

shoot the platforming sections! shoot alyx! shoot the gman! maybe even shoot an explosive barrel?

[@Twowestex-Westeh]

This is the most weirdly wholesome map/mod I've ever seen. I congrats the creator for the amazing creativity.

[@Tyrian3k]

"With my brain, my brawn and your opposable thumbs, we'll make an excellent team!" - the hunter, probably.

[@nemtudom5074]

Jolly getting a puzzle solver as a companion is just hilarious They have great chemistry, maybe i'll be able to attend the wedding too!

[@CharleyBlumer17]

I didn't receive my invite:( can I be your plus one?

[@nemtudom5074]

@@CharleyBlumer17 Erm, what?

[@CharleyBlumer17]

@@nemtudom5074 you mentioned being able to attend wedding

[@nemtudom5074]

@@CharleyBlumer17 ok

[@Simon_Dunkaccino]

@@CharleyBlumer17it’s okay you can be my plus one

[@Valcuda]

I want a reverse of this mod, where you play as the hunter, and Gordon acts like Jolly in this video. People would keep complaining at how crap the AI is at solving puzzles

[@tomharrison9280]

I love this, it's like a puzzle game, but you're the companion to the player who actually solves the puzzles.

[@WhenToastersAttack]

It always astounds me how cute Combine synth weapons can be.

[@DannyGruesome]

Barrel: *catches aflame* Also Barrel: "ive changed my mind"

[@и_что-р7т]

Reminds me of landmines from worms

[@Snickersnek]

Turns out that Humanity's place in the Combine is "being able to pick up small items and move them around", as well as quite possibly scritches for the myriad other races.

[@45calGunslinger]

That Civil Protection officer wasn't making you pick up a can because he's a jerk, the feline hivemind of Overwatch compelled him to knock it down to begin with...

[@bewilderbeestie]

@@45calGunslingerIt was a highly sophisticated test to see whether humanity was ready to take its place in the larger universe.

[@InvictusMatrix]

​@@45calGunslinger Either the Combine are cats or cats are aliens created by the Combine

[@tobysimmons4139]

8:19 I mean, from the Combine's perspective, dogs are hunting animals bred by an alien race, so it's probably equivalent (if lacking in explosive rounds)

[@highjumpstudios2384]

The Hunter was just scared, of course he was abrasive when you first showed up.

[@LowProfile0247]

🥺

[@qwertyiuwg4uwtwthn]

Awww poor thing 🥺❤

[@Ignore__Me]

Hm.. you have to wonder, how many more friends has Jolly gotten accidentally thorough attempted murder?

[@cupofearlgreytea7651]

"Brute force can't always be the answer" Hunty: *A N D I T O O K T H A T P E R S O N A L L Y*

[@dark_433]

11:33 Jolly could've thought that the hunter was as clueless as him, until he shot the thing and then it realized what he was trying to do and assisted him in doing it. So it was still his victory.

[@deusexvesania1702]

Who is a good boy? Who is a good boy? You are, Jolly!

[@claymore1555]

"The enemy has a hostage. What do you do?" "Shoot it." "You'd shot the hostage?"

[@Grab_001]

I love how Jolly will solve a puzzle, but then the puzzle breaks, and THEN the Hunter brute forces it. It's great.

[@zeveron862]

I like this concept very much, it's not everyday i get to see a cute hunter ask a fellow gunship for help :3

[@chasesmith5216]

he's so adorable jolly when he's not trying to kill you and helps you with the puzzles

[@Darklordiban7]

Would be a funny meme to see in a puzzle mod. Make a really difficult puzzle and give them a certain amount of time to figure it out. If they(Jolly) can't figure it out by then, a Hunter wearing a collar with the tag "Huntee" in comic sans just solves it for you then fucks off.

[@techknight3753]

Some tarantulas keep pet frogs, the tarantulas defend the frogs from land threats while the frog eats wasps and other bugs trying to attack the tarantula. The hunter is the tarantula, Jolly is the frog. The hunter can solve almost any problem with inteligence and brute force. Jolly has opposable thumbs and can fit in tight places

[@HealHound69]

I like how Jolly thought that 2 eyes is uncommon thing for dogs

[@butterlerpunch]

Prime jolly moment

[@Aimbok]

Honestly I was expecting it to be a ruse, and you'd be jumped by a full squad of combine soldiers just like the Apprehension chapter in the OG HL1. Woulda been a neat twist. Just a super intelligent AI tripod, calculating at the exact moment that the best way to kill you, was to trick you into believing it was friendly after feigning it's debt to being "saved" at the start of the mod.

[@myawsomebox]

I mean, it's already a walking tripod-mounted machine gun that fires exploding darts and who obviously doesn't need you for anything besides opposable thumbs, which other combine already have. The best way to way to kill you would obviously have just been to bitchslap you when you had nothing but a pistol with barely any ammo, and then go about its day. It really has no need to follow you around unless it's just actively fucking around for funsies on both the Combine's Time and Dime, which would probably get it scrapped/recycled for insubordination anyways.

[@varahunter68]

Fun fact: something like that was planned for the first game but it was cut

[@Aimbok]

@@varahunter68 I guess fellow game devs and map makers think alike hehe. :P

[@yester30]

This is the closest to a Jeremy Clarkson NPC we'll get. Just whack it until it's fixed.

[@RabbiHerschel]

5:30 IRL gas cylinders are built like that. When I was in welding school we had an acetylene cylinder catch fire once, it was perfectly fine once we got the valve shut off and blasted it with the fire extinguisher.

[@varahunter68]

i read this as wedding school😂

[@Boss949]

I get the feeling someone is going to make a "Friendly Strider" mod

[@cheezemonkeyeater]

Jolly's opposable thumbs are his most endearing quality.

[@Ribbons0121R121]

i love how he finally gets the perfect companion and all he gets is frustrated

[@-Raylight]

Awww Jolly finally got a doggo that ready to help him with puzzles xD Violence isn't the answer, it's a question and the answer is yes. If there's a puzzle and you can use violence to solve, why not?

[@andyfriederichsen]

The mapmaker could have just had the hunter be friendly from the start and instead had the hunter just shoot the crate from a hole in the roof in front of the player, that way the hunter wouldn't attack the player and things would be less confusing. Overall, this is a pretty interesting concept. The map maker turned some of the most feared and often difficulty enemies in the game into helpful allies. It's also very nice to see mappers making use of the Combine gunship's unused belly cannon attack.

[@MuffinTastic]

i love the belly cannon attack, it's so sad it's not used in any of the actual campaign

[@andyfriederichsen]

@Smug Bab I don't think it would be scared of a single human.

[@JackPorter]

@Smug Bab it's the classic taking the thorn out of the beast, the beast can't just immediately love the hero, that would be ridiculous, first he has to help the beast in a time of vulnerability.

[@DrSabot-A]

@@andyfriederichsen Fear isnt always the point. A bear wouldnt be scared of a 5"3 dude, but if you pushed it againts a tree it WILL maul you.

[@andyfriederichsen]

​@@DrSabot-A Was the hunter trapped?

[@nweasels]

Jolly: Defeats the combine with the power of friendship (and this gun he found)

[@nexerkarigum4031]

Jolly being a pet for a hunter for 15 minutes straight Hunter: *managed to put oit anbattery from a car Jolly: *proceeds to force putting it back in* Hunter: maybe this wierd dog is not as smart as i thought

[@rustkitty]

I see mankind has a glorious future ahead of us as grabbing-hand humans and beloved pets to our hunter overlords

[@st.paddymad7085]

“Hunty kinds sounds like C**ty” Nah, that sounds both right. Back when I 1st played that infamous defence sequence in Episode 2, all those Hunters and Striders, I’d rather be back down the Antlion cave thousands of Antlion Guards (or Kings or whatever they’re called).

[@TFGh0st_VC]

when Hunty taking the spotlight away from Jolly be like "You're stealing my thunder"

[@CiceroFryman-t8n]

Unlikely friendship always have a magic,just like the christmas truce

[@Mantis_Toboggan_TrashMan]

I've always found the hunters to be one of the more disturbing looking and sounding Combine. Though I feel I hate all tripods because I saw war of the worlds at an extremely young age.

[@Señor-Donjusticia]

Wow! This mod is really cool. And the human companion is so useful, if a bit unintelligent at times.

[@Damian125id]

Source engine limitations, what can you do about it amirite

[@Jolis_Parsec]

Ah, so in addition to his adopted headcrab son Jelly, Jolly also has a large three-legged robodog as a pet now? 😹

[@Mrkabrat]

"He just needs me for my hands" Guess we now know why he used to be called Jolly Wangcore

[@libzbond]

This is the second mod with an unlikely companion after "Me and my Hunter" I know, I recommend it to Jolly if he hasn't played it already.

[@xdarin_]

I love how all of Jolly's videos start without an intro. You're just sent straight into the game.

[@treepotato9273]

I feel bad for Huntie, having to do these escort quests is always a pain in the third leg.

[@spade9164]

"Most dogs has 2 eyes" -Jolly 2022 Like, you actually seen a dog cyclops like race?

[@Mothe_Bones]

This mod let's you feel what it's like to be the useless companion, a perfect mod for jolly

[@james1328]

Headcrab child and Hunter dog, Jolly making enemies into his family

[@thecommunistloli1042]

next: Combine assassin wife and combine elite soldier cousin

[@green_lettuce]

14:28 I thin’ this is wat happened: Hunter: HEY! HEY! Gunship: What? Hunter: Can you help out with a situation? Gunship: sure I guess. Hunter: alright explode that tunnel over there please. Gunship: Aight.

[@Janfon1]

Top tier writing

[@Charmlie.R]

Hunter: Removes stuck battery from car after Jolly couldn't free it Jolly: But now, what if I put it back in! Brilliant

[@DominiC_LT]

In the next episode of "Jolly's Adventures"! Jolly stumbles upon a hurt G-Man and adopts him as his companion.

[@cataclysm7256]

Jolly realizing the hunter actually did found the battery socket is golden lmfao

[@normiewhodrawsonpaper4580]

I was preparing myself for when Hunty dies, nope just a good ending and that's nice.

[@howdoyouchangeyournameonhere]

What a wonderful birthday present!

[@ladyellen7993]

great mod, that was really impressive!

[@avalonpage5985]

you should make a part 2 where the combine gets overthrown by the combine synths

[@jollysbigolvideohole9402]

Happy birthday! Thank you for making amazing half life maps. If you ever make a standalone Indie game or something please let me know. Your ideas are always interesting and original.

[@supermegabenji1026]

First, He's friends with a Headcrab. Second, He's now friends with a Hunter. Bad Enemies can become Friends in a Game.

[@jockeyfield1954]

left 4 dead characters when they hear a zombie than can tear out their large and small intestine before their brain even registers it's gone: 0:29

[@catstealer419dominion7]

That was really cute. Being adorable is an aspect not often seen in HL2 mods. Very well done, mappers and Jolly.

[@Psyrus88]

In this mod YOU are the NPC and Hunty is the main character, and everything you have said is part of a regular NPC's inner monologue.

[@shootahgun]

jollys charisma is so high he can ask his enemy to fight for him

[@rozemorgaine1886]

Wow I need a sequel to this mod where the three of you convince more and more combine to defect

[@uwuqt3.14]

Lmao this mod seems like an interesting idea! It's as if the synth's original conscience is still kicking somewhere and they're doing everything they can to rebel against combine orders

[@toaster4440]

Always a pleasant day when Jolly posts. Good show!

[@Sunny_Haven]

I've always really liked imagining enemies like these being friendly and helpful and nice, I really love this mod. and the last bit at the end with the ship helping out Jolly was really nice :3

[@TheLiquidSpoon74]

Apparently the easiest way to win over Jolly is to open a locked door for him

[@BattleUnit3]

Hunty is literally everything Jolly wants to be. Someone who can solve puzzles with violence

[@giftedfox4748]

Ah yes, the perfect mod that shows just how Jolly needs an ally to play these games. Even had a hard time blowing up a red barrel which frankly was amazing to see him fail that hard. Love you Jolly, never change.

[@RIDUNY]

2:02 The lion with a thorn in its paw.

[@xdarin_]

"You're like a very large dog with three legs" He would LOVE that one section of EZ2

[@TaterPictures]

First making friends with headcrabs, now he's making friends with hunters. I wonder what zanny companion Jolly will befriend next.

[@ob2kenobi388]

It HURTS me to see him go so long without reloading.

[@jakedickens9240]

"Set of arms and a half functioning brain." He's becoming self aware xD

[@MrGermandeutsch]

Seems very familiar, I'm starting to think that the modding community is in love with hunters.

[@TheTyler2]

I love the Hunter synths so seeing one work with you is actually really cool lol

[@SeriousApache]

Plot twist: you were combine all along.

[@freXampl]

I'll save the world with the power of friendship and this gun I found.

[@Titanhomemovies]

In today's episode, Gordon Freeman solves the Combine invasion with the power of friendship and an obscene number of high-velocity explosive rounds.

[@Laz_IDK]

"A very large dog, with three legs" A Dogruped if you will.

[@TentacleFarmer]

6:36 “As a reward, I shall give you my seed.”

[@jackindustriesanimates]

You should be grateful for what you have just like this moment

[@theredvelvetyfox8814]

I love how quickly jolly just accepted that he was the hunters pet

[@alper7653]

I sure like watching stuff that comes from Jolly's Big Ol' Hole

[@Arshlim]

"You just cant solve every problem just shooting it" says the guy that shoots a barrel to solve a problem

[@scardthegamer2194]

the physics breaking when he jumped on that borrel

[@firockfinion3326]

In this video, Jolly is emasculated by alien robots.

[@zimthefan6258]

ah yes you've created a cult of humanity within the combine IE telling one a human makes a good pet

[@Headlock123456789]

How cool would it be to play as a Hunter? I think that would be pretty darn cool.

[@TarsonTalon]

I think it'd make a great concept for Half-Life 3. "I used the Combine to destroy the Combine." I think without regular memory wipes and behavioral updates, loyalty to the Combine Empire would wane rapidly. That's one of the 'downsides' of using biological technology. Living things typically want to live, and if the Combine are no longer around to sustain them, they will find new masters.

[@leonixnn]

Now that's Subversion of Expectations

[@zephyr_86]

I had a hunter fren in entropy zero 2 and kept him alive the entire length of the car section.